Barrel and similar package.



C. ANDREW. BARREL AND SIMILAR PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED IIEc.2I. IsII.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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THB COLUMBIA PLM'IOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON! D. c.

mar-rn" CHARLES ANDREW, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BARREL AND snvrrinn PACKAGE.

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Application filed December 21, 1911.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLEs ANDREW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Barrels and SimilarPackages, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to barrels and similar packages used for thestorage and transportation of merchandise; its object being to produce abarrel-package having a removable head which shall be secured in placewhenl fastened, and yyet be easily and quickly removable andreplaceable, without disturbing the hoops or any nails or otherfastenings or parts of the barrel.

In certain lines of business the barrel as a package is much used forthe shipment of apples, potatoes, eggs and many other commodities of alike nature, and in many such cases it is very desirable that the emptypackage be returned to the source of supply for other similar shipments.In many such cases, the ordinary cheap barrel is made of staves,fastened by hoops, and in these the common method of fastening the hoopsis to engage them in an undercut chine of the stave and compress thestaves together against the hoops by external hoops which when forced toposition are secured by nailing. |lhe head is removed by a reversal ofthe process. Of course, there is more or less injury and ultimatepractical destruction by the nailing and re-nailing of heads, and by thefrequent breaking of the end of the stave at the point weakened by theundercut chine.

One of the principal objects of my invenn tion is to provide a removablehead which can be used with an ordinary common barrel of thisdescription without the cutting of a chine for the head and without anydisturbance or removal of the hoops.

A further object is extreme simplicity of construction, including thefastening in order that barrels constructed and provided as describedmay be conveniently used by persons of very limited mechanical skill,and in country districts where mechanical supplies beyond the simple andordinary, are not usually to be had.

With my construction, therefore, the length of life of the barrel as atransporta- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. ist, ill.

Serial No. 667,253.

tion package is very much lengthened, and the cost of the barrel as anincident of the price of commodities is correspondingly lessened.

To these ends, my invention consists in a barrel or similar packageprovided with a removable head consisting of two parts adapted to seatin and engage with the barrel by a plurality of fingers extending intoor through the staves, one part or half of the head being permanentlyprovided with acleat extending over the other and provided with means tofasten temporarily to said other portion of a character'adapted to befastened securely against surreptitious tampering.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a perspective view of a barrel and removable headconstruction according to my invention; F ig. 2 is a cross section ofthe upper end of the barrel, showing the removable head engaged andsecured in its position; F ig. 3 is a similar view showing the two parthead in a half open position; Figs. 4 and 5 are corresponding under-sideviews of the parts of the removable head showing the fastening adjunctsin position.

Referring now to the drawings, A is the barrel or other package to whichmy invention is applied; and b1 Z22 two diametrically divided partsconstituting the head. Each of the head-parts 51 b2 is provided with oneor more radial projections preferably secured to the underside of eachof said parts and extending outwardly beyond the periphery, and, when inplace, through suitable perforations formed in or through the staves orshell of the package. The two parts of the head, when in place, adjoinedge to edge, and are held together against displacement by a bar orcleat e extending across the upper face of the two parts, b1, o2,perpendicular to their meeting edge, and engaging both in a commonplane. permanently fastened to the part b2 and secured by a temporaryfastening to the part 1, over which it extends in contact. As will beobserved in Figs. l, 2 and 3, when the head is in position closed, thecleat e securely holds the two parts of the head together as one, andalso assists in holding them in proper position in relation to thebarrel.

This cleat or bar c is The temporary fastening may be made in variousWays, as will be obvious. I prefer, however, as the simplest and, inmost cases most convenient fastening, to provide the cleat and the headwith which it temporal-ily contacts, with corresponding aperturesthrough which wires w may be passed, as shown lin the figures, and theends of the wires projecting outward and twisted together and therebysecured and the integrity of the fastening made sure by the applicationof the ordinary metallic seal as indicated at s in Fig. l. As means forthis purpose are commonly known and obtainable in the market, it is notnecessary to specify further.

It should also be mentioned that in this barrel or package the head maybe applied at one or both ends, and that no chine or undercutting of thestaves is necessary, as the head is held in place by the fingers o.

I claim as my invention and desire to se- Copies olfv this patent may beobtained for cure by Letters Patent of the United States The combinationof two semi-circular removable elements constituting a barrel head; aplurality of metallic prongs attached to each head part and projectingoutward beyond the perimeter of the semicircle into correspondingperforations in the sides of the barrel; a crosscleat permanentlysecured to one and projecting over the other of said parts, and aflexible fastening projected through the free end of said cleat andcorrespondingly through the contacting member of the head to unite thesame. j

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. n

CHARLES ANDREW.

Witnesses:

A. L. TiLDnsLEY,

WALTER A. KN IGHT.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Yatents, Washington, D.C.

